Is outdoor use of the six-minute walk test with a global positioning system in stroke patients' own neighbourhoods reproducible and valid?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1027-1031

  Wevers, Lotte E G ^a,b   Kwakkel, Gert ^a,c   Van De Port, Ingrid G L ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Exercise test; Gait; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; WALKING;

AGED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84855870938     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0881     Document Type: Article

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